The big move...

It actually happened.  We moved most of our belongings out of my in-laws house yesterday.  It was no small task.  It was raining.  We lost power and had to use flashlights to identify boxes in the basement.  We had to retape most boxes in order for them to survive being piled 5 or 6 high in the new garage.  And I didn't order enough pizza.  But at least it happened!

My MIL took Sophia for the day out on errands and to visit Nonna.  My SIL and BIL offered to have Olivia for her first sleep over with her cousins (Side note...my BIL took Olivia and her cousin Anna out for lunch...then to the spa to get their nails done...and then out for ice-cream.  AND then they had hot chocolate and cookies while watching the Polar Express that night.  Talk about making her first sleep over experience the best.  Kinda sets the standard a little high.  Wait until she sleeps over there again and expects the same VIP treatment!!!).

Here is Olivia in the moving truck before she left for the day.  What is it with kids and liking these kinds of trucks???

 

Thanks to Dave's amazing group of friends, we had plenty of muscle.  We emptied out two basement areas, a garage and half of an attic.  Let's just say a 26 foot truck was not enough.  We used two additional cars for miscellaneous items and my dad's utility trailer.  Plus I realized later on that we had even more stuff when we moved out of our old house.  There was a dining room table set, a livingroom set, a washing machine, a lawn mower/snow blower/shed tools.  Eeek!

Dave impressed me with his driving and backing up skills with this monster.  I did get a little scared and might have yelled for him to break when he started rolling back towards my in-laws house though...

 

Here is what the garage looked like when we were finished.  My dad and I were stacking machines.  It was like a big game of Jenga.  We had to have the kitchen and laundry appliances in there still since the floors are still being finished.  Plus we have the girls bathroom vanity in there until they need it. 

 

  
And we needed to leave a 2 foot boarder around all the edges.  I pray that no one hits those boxes and they all come crashing down...